The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on their historical...

With mazes of expressways pushing scores of traffic through action filled, neon lit cities, there is perhaps no better platform than...

The teabowl has become an iconic form in contemporary ceramics. Having travelled from Japan, where it was an inherent part of chanoyu, or...

Sixteen essays by Soetsu Yanagi, key figure of the Japanese folk craft (Mingei) movement. A must read for anybody who liked Yanagi's book...

"This book offers in-depth insight into the art, culture and aesthetics of the Japanese garden. Written from a garden design...

"A fascinating study of word and art forms intrinsic to the cultural, social, and spiritual beliefs of Asia. - Traces of Words: Art and...